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Job Market and Labor Force

Kentucky Addresses a Key Weakness in Many Prison Apprenticeship Programs

Job seekers recently released from prison face challenges that make landing a job extremely difficult.
Job Market and Labor Force

Innovative Analytics Could Inform Efforts to Help Workers with Disabilities Stay Employed

A new tool could provide the Social Security Administration a better picture of a person’s functional abilities.
Job Market and Labor Force

How Atlanta’s Local Workforce System Helps Job Seekers Find Sustainable Employment

A recent episode of Urban’s podcast, Critical Value, explores Atlanta's local workforce system.
Job Market and Labor Force

See Where Earnings Are Growing and Unemployment Is Lowest through Customizable Data Visualization

Urban's updated State Economic Monitor shows the trajectory of state labor markets as they collapsed and recovered from the Great Recession.
Job Market and Labor Force

Envisioning an Effective Federal Job Guarantee

Guaranteed job proposals like the one in a Green New Deal are bringing new attention to a strategy for creating quality jobs.
Job Market and Labor Force

Now Hiring: Digital Literacy Skills Required

The most recent national data show that 67 percent of adults were not digitally literate in 2012.
Job Market and Labor Force

Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit Can Support Older Working Americans

Staying in the workforce longer can help seniors make ends meet and improve their retirement security.
Job Market and Labor Force

Minnesotans Who Lost Jobs Reveal Instability of Low-Wage Work

A new report explores how workers in low-wage fields in Minnesota experience challenges to work stability.
Job Market and Labor Force

Many Workers Who Experience a New Health Shock Leave the Workforce and Receive No Income Support

Each year, millions of American workers experience potentially work-limiting health shocks.
Job Market and Labor Force

San Diego Is Strengthening Its Workforce by Welcoming Immigrants

San Diego’s workforce system can help all residents, including immigrants, move up the career ladder, earn more, and find greater economic stability for their families.

The Vulnerable, Vital 2020 Census

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The Vulnerable, Vital 2020 Census

The decennial Census will gather the most complete picture of America of the past 10 years, but its accuracy is in jeopardy.

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Behind the Numbers at the Urban Institute

Structural Racism in America

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Structural Racism in America

Public policies, institutional practices, and cultural narratives perpetuate our country's racial inequalities. 

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